Blog
It’s happened to all of us. You’re at the end of the week when you realize you are only halfway through your must-do list. Some things take precedence, like your job and your family. So it’s often other tasks, such as housekeeping, that fall by the wayside. The solution? Hire someone else to do the “dirty” wor, either with weekly house cleaning, monthly cleanings, or one-time cleanings.
When choosing a cleaning company, there are many advantages to working with professional house cleaning services. Conversely, there are reasons why you should think twice before hiring an individual or company that is not as well-qualified.
Read on for more details about the five dangers of hiring unprofessional house cleaning services.
1. Lack Of Insurance
When you employ house cleaning services, you are doing so to make your life easier. The last thing you need is an accident in your home that results in a lawsuit. That is why it is critical that you hire professional cleaners who are licensed, bonded, and insured.
A bonded company owns a surety bond so you won’t have to pay if anything is stolen or damaged. It also means that the company can cover expenses if you file a claim against it due to unsatisfactory services.
Insurance prevents you from being held liable for damages, medical bills, lost wages, or other expenses if a technician is injured in your home. Liability insurance also gives you financial recourse if any of your belongings are damaged. Lastly, a company should have a current business license to operate within your local area.
2. Less Thorough Training
One of the most important factors in allergy cleaning is to make sure that you have the correct tools. With many traditional methods, dust, pollen, and bacteria can be left on surfaces, or simply “moved around” in the air. Instead, you want to use cleaning tools that actually remove allergens from your home.
- High-quality vacuum: The best option is to use a fabric allergen sanitizer vacuum–these use ultraviolet light to kill bacteria and dust mites. They also kill 99.9% of allergy-causing materials by using a dual filtration system.
- Cleaning cloths: If you are working to rid your home of allergens, you need to use washable microfiber cleaning cloths. These cloths attract dust much better than paper towels or cotton rags. Plus, you can throw them in the washing machine at a high temperature to remove any allergens.
- Masks and gloves: wear them when you clean. Once you are done cleaning, carve out some time to be out of the house to limit any exposure to allergens that may have been circulated into the air while you were cleaning.
- Cleaning products: The best way to make sure you are using allergy-friendly products is to purchase unscented and dye-free options. This holds true for both cleaning products and laundry detergents and softeners.
3. Lack Of Proper Supplies And Knowlege Of How To Use Them
One of the reasons you hire a cleaning service is to save yourself time. That means you don’t want to have to inventory your cleaning products, gloves, rags, or pull out your vacuum cleaner (the exception being if you are particular about the types of cleaning products used in your home and would prefer to provide them yourself). Professional house cleaning services bring their supplies and know-how to use them.
For example, when used properly, microfiber cloths can trap up to 99% of dust, grime, and dirt. Using a microfiber cloth along with EPA registered disinfectants yield superior results when it comes to destroying bacteria and other germs.
In an extreme example, training can be the difference between life and death. For example, combining ammonia and bleach releases toxic chloramine gas, which can irritate your eyes, nose, throat, and lungs. In larger amounts, it can kill you..
4. A Minimal Online Presence Such As Ratings And Reviews
Think twice before hiring an unprofessional company that doesn’t have a strong online presence or any customer reviews. A professional house cleaning company is more likely to have an easy-to-navigate, informative website, as well as positive independent online reviews from services such as Yelp. Lastly, a bad review or two isn’t the end of the world. No one is perfect and unhappy clients tend to write more than happy ones.
5. No Contract Or Policy For Canceling Services
A professional house cleaning company will provide a contract that details exactly what tasks they will accomplish, the frequency of cleanings, and the terms of payment. Such an agreement eliminates miscommunication when it comes to expectations. In addition, companies that provide guarantees are more reliable.
Super Clean 360: Professional House Cleaning Services For The Berkeley Area
Super Clean 360 provides meticulous, reliable professional cleaning services for the Berkeley, Albany, Oakland, and San Francisco areas. In addition to fast and simple scheduling and easy, secure payments, you can expect our technicians to provide incredibly thorough, superior-quality cleaning services, whether you need one-time deep house cleaning services or weekly visits.
Other services we provide:
Read our reviews to learn more about why our clients love our services! Ready to save yourself some time? Contact us to book a cleaning!
Let Us Free Up Your Time With Super Clean 360!
No other company has cleaning superpowers like ours!
Business Hours
- Mon - Fri
- -
- Saturday
- -
- Sunday
- Closed